2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biostatistics for a Bachelor’s
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biostatistics for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Biostatistics is the 382nd most popular major in the country with 1,275 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 92 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biostatistics programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the biostatistics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biostatistics for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying biostatistics.
Top 1 Best Biostatistics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biostatistics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 3 bachelors’s biostatistics degrees in 2020-2021.
SLU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biostatistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 5 of the 12,229 students enrolled at SLU were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,162. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. SLU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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